Wall Street stocks fell on Tuesday as U.S. trading reopened for the first time since North Korea™s biggest nuclear bomb test yet, and the U.S. dollar and Treasury yields fell.

The drop in major U.S. markets, which had been closed for Monday™s Labor Day holiday, followed that day™s global sell-off amid international condemnation of the nuclear test.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 217.82 points, or 0.99 percent, to 21,769.74, the S&P 500 lost 21.28 points, or 0.86 percent, to 2,455.27 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 74.39 points, or 1.16 percent, to 6,360.94.

The dollar index fell 0.32 percent and the yen strengthened 0.72 percent versus the greenback at 108.94 per dollar.

China Stocks Lower At Close Of Trade; Shanghai Composite Down 1.05%

Wednesday, 19 December 2018 14:52 WIB
China stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Software & Computer Services and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite lost 1.05%...